Cuff-holder.



W. S. BAGHMAN.

CUFF HOLDER.-

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. 1908.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

WILLIAM S. BACI-IMAN, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO CLIFFORD L. STRYKER, OF WILLIAMSPOR'I, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUFF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. BAGHMAN, of Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to devices for adjustably connecting cuffs with the wrist band of the shirt sleeve, and has for its object the provision of a simple device which may be bent up from a single piece of wire, and which will cooperate exclusively with the buttons in the cuff and wrist band, respectively, whereby the cuff and sleeve are not worn out or out by the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will permit the cufl to be readily detached'from the sleeve and again secured thereto by a simple up or down pressure.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a cuff and wrist-band of a shirt sleeve connected by a deviceembodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device with the buttons shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

The holder is preferably bent up from a single piece of spring wire doubled on itself and having the ends secured together as by twisting. Y

Intermediate the ends of the device the two reaches or longitudinally extending bars A of the wire are corrugated and form between them a series of button shank receiving chambers A separated by constricted passages A", the walls of which may be sprung apart as the shank of the button is forced from one chamber to another. At their rear ends the two bars are spread apart and off-set upwardly at B, thereby leaving an open ended or unobstructed entrance for the head of the button which secures the ends of the wrist-band together. Above the off-set B the wires are extended forwardly at G to form a seat for the base flange of a button, and are then bent sharply back to form a base flange clamping portion G, the portion of the wire between the clamping portions 0 being formed into a button shank receiving loop 1), preferably having a constricted entrance aperture cl opening toward the opposite end of the device, whereby the body of the device must be moved toward the button to disconnect the button therefrom.

In order to prevent movement of the device in a direction to disconnect the same from the button (H) when the device is in place on the cuff the opposite or outer ends of the two reaches A of the wire are formed into a hook or its equivalent for engaging the shank or bar (I) of the cuff button.

In making use of the device the wristband is provided with the usual button, as indicated at K in Fig. 1, and the cuff is provided with two buttons H and I. The buttons H and I form anchorages for the opposite ends of the device, while the shank of the wrist-band button K is held between the corrugated bars in any position to which it may be adjusted. The cufl is readily adjusted by a simple push or pull.

In placing the cuff in position it is only necessary to see that the head of the button K passes between the divergent ofi'-set parts of the holder the elevation of the seat for the button H permitting the head of the button K to pass under the base flange of button H and the shank of button K forced along between the yielding bars until it is in the proper chamber to hold the cuff in the desired adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A cufl holder embodying yielding longitudinal corrugated bars between which the shank of a button may be adjustably held, upwardlyextending divergent offsets at one end of said bars forming an open entrance for the head of the said button, a seat for the base-flange of a button supported by said oflsets, a button shank engaging loop above said seat and a button shank engaging hook at the opposite ends of the bars.

2. A cufl holder embodying yielding longitudinal corrugated bars between which the shank of a button may be adjustably held, upwardly extending divergent ofi'sets at one end of saidbars; forming an open entrance reversely bent ends of the bars at the said for the head of the said button, a seat for opposite end of the holder. the base flange of a button supported by r I r I A 1' said offsets, a button flange clamp and shank ILLIAM BACHMAL' engaging loop above the seat said 100p hav- Witnesses:

ing an entrance open toward the opposite HLLIAM L. Vonrz,

end of the holder and a hook formed by the J. HOWARD PATTERSON. 

